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From: Erik Naggum
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Subject: Re: Getting the PID in CLISP
Date: 24 Oct 2002 15:06:09 +0000
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* Sam Steingold
| On a UNIX system, CLISP has SYS::PROGRAM-ID for that.
Why is it called `program-id´ when it returns the process-id?
| Note that you would have received a speedier reply if you asked CLISP-
| specific questions on the mailing list.
The point with a general forum is that people who live in their own
little caves actually get out in the open to share information that is
pertinent to all users. But perhaps CLISP is better off hiding away in a
mailing list? From my vantage point, hiding away in a mailing list and
constantly urging people not to share information about CLISP experiences
suggests that you do, indeed, have somthing to hide. You also imply that
the CLISP community believes that what goes on in public is not of
interest to its members. I always find arrogance fascinating and try to
deconstruct it, because sometimes, people have good reason to be
arrogant, but mostly they are only insecure and prefer isolation from a
reality that can test their convictions.
--
Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway
Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder.
Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.